SAINT MARY’S ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH SERVING THE MISSION OF SAINT JOSEPH

Mass Times: August 22, 2021 Thursday: Twenty First Sunday in Weekday Mass at 12pm- St. Mary’s Ordinary Time Friday: Weekday Mass at 9am with Adoration following Mass– St. Mary’s Saturday: 5pm -St. Mary’s Sunday: 11am - St. Mary’s

THIS WEEK’S MASS SCHEDULE: Thank you to Fr. Pius for

SAT, AUG 21 5:00PM ST. MARY’S celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of the SUN, AUG 22 11:00AM ST. MARY’S Mass with us this weekend.

THURS, AUG 26 12:00PM ST. MARY’S FRI, AUG 27 9:00AM ST. MARY’S BISHOP VETTER TO VISIT

SAT, AUG 28 5:00PM ST. MARY’S SUN, AUG 29 11:00AM ST. MARY’S MISSOULA DEANERY Bishop Vetter will be celebrating Mass at WEEKEND LITURGIES: St. Mary’s Thursday, September 9th at 9:30am. SATURDAY 5:00PM ST. MARY’S A reception in the Family Center will follow Mass. SUNDAY 11:00AM ST. MARY’S SUNDAY NO MASS ST. JOSEPH’S The next Knights of Columbus Council meeting will be on Wednesday, September 1st at **Note: Bishop Vetter has reinstated the obligation to attend 6pm in the St. Mary’s Family Center. Sunday Mass and Holy Days of Obligation. This does not apply to those who are most vulnerable. Contact Tom Weber at 406-207-0229 for more information.

RITE OF RECONCILIATION: SICK CALLS CONFESSIONS CAN BE HEARD AT ST. MARY’S AT Call the parish office if you would like a home visit for the 11:30AM ON THURSDAY’S BEFORE DAILY MASS, Sacraments. SATURDAYS’S AT 4:30 PM BEFORE MASS OR If you have a sacramental emergency outside of office hours, BY APPOINTMENT. please call 406-777-5574 or 406-202-8912.

Our Lady of Fatima Prayer group MASS INTENTIONS: meets every First Saturday at St. Mary’s at 10am. You are invited to join us Sat Aug 21 5:00pm Ray Tracy Jr. by Cathy Tracy September 4th. Contact -Gerrie Blair

Sun Aug 22 11:00am Community of the Parish The Holy Rosary

Thurs Aug 26 12:00pm Wendy Lukas by Lyn Daniels Weekends: 20 Minutes before Mass

Holy Mary Mother of God, Pray for Us Fri Aug 27 9:00am Bill Hanson by Russ & Vicki Hanni Adoration of the Blessed

Sat Aug 28 5:00pm Topper Tracy by David & Sacrament is held at St. Mary’s Linda Burton Parish every Friday after the 9am Mass. Sun Aug 29 11:00am Community of the Parish You are invited to spend some time adoring The Sacred Heart of Jesus. Book Signing Event at the Historic SEEL RETREAT AT ST. FRANCIS XAVIER St. Mary’s Mission Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life (SEEL) is a retreat designed for busy people. Even those with families and Book Signing and Reading Enjoy a rare opportunity to meet five full-time work can participate because it takes place within the authors of local history for a book midst of your everyday life. The aim of the Spiritual Exercises signing on Friday, August 27 from 7 is to attain spiritual freedom; the power to act out of the to 9 p.m. in St. Mary’s Chapel. promptings of the Holy Spirit. The heart of the retreat is daily Authors Jane Lambert, Jim Harmon, prayer with Scripture of other materials provided by the Bill Turner, Larry Strate and Rosie director. Weekly spiritual direction meetings and monthly Bosse will do a short reading from SEEL retreat evenings are integral, as well. SEEL is for their books. mature Christian adults in Montana; there is no cost St. Mary ’s Gift Shop is located at 315 to participate. Charlos Street in Stevensville. Call Learn more and apply online at sfxmissoula.org 406-777-5734 for more information. A VIRTUAL, ONLINE Retrouvaille marriage help program begins September 16th. The virtual program is Thursday and Friday evenings and a full day on Saturday and Sunday, September 16-19, 2021. The weekend will be followed by a series of virtual Post Weekend Sessions. There is a $165 regis- tration fee. Please know that no one is turned away because of the inability to pay. For additional information please contact us at 406-761-4830 or view the details at www.helpourmarriage.org

We need Volunteers to St. Mary’s Holiday RAVALLI CATHOLIC help in the following Bazaar & Craft Fair on H OMESCHOOLERS ministries: November 13th WILL BE BEGINNING TO MEET

 RE Director , youth ministers ON FRIDAYS IN and teachers for the fall Attention Vendors, call or SEPTEMBER AT 10:00AM. Religious Ed classes. text Phyliss Green to SEPTEMBER MEETINGS, BEGINNING  Family Center rotating purchase a space to sell your ON THE 3RD, WILL BE AT CLAUDIA facilitators for events held in items/wares. DRISCOLL PARK IN HAMILTON. center and members for the PLEASE CONTACT facility management AMANDA JUNKEL committee. (916) 296-3435 Call the parish office at 777-5257. AT [email protected] OR 214-587-0219.

EW ARISHIONERS St. Rose of (born Isabel Flores de Oliva; 20 April 1586 – N P 24August 1617) was a member of Registration forms are available online and the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, , who became in the entrance of the church. known for both her life of cultivation of beauty and her care of the poverty stricken of the city through her own private efforts. Parish Contact information Saint Rose de Lima was born to a Noble Family and is the Patron Saint of embroidery, gardening and cultivation of blooming flowers. Rose was beatified by Pope Clement IX PARSH OFFICE: OPEN: Tues, Thurs, & Friday 9am-3pm on 10 May 1667, and canonized on 12 April 1671,by Pope Clement X, and was Mailing Address: t 333 Charlos S the first Catholic in the Americas to be Stevensville, MT 59870 declared a saint. Her shrine, alongside Office Phone: 777-5257 Rectory: 777-5574 those of her friends and Fax: 777-1032 John Macias, is currently located inside

of the convent of Saint Dominic in Lima. EMAIL: [email protected] The says that many miracles followed her death: there were WEBSITE: www.stmarymissionchurch.org stories that she had cured a leper, and Read/download the weekly bulletin ONLINE! that, at the time of her death, the city of Lima smelled like roses; roses also started falling from the sky. Many places Facebook: Search for St. Mary’s Parish in the New World are named Santa Rosa after her.

PASTOR: Fr. David Severson 777-5574 (after hour’s emergency 406- 202-8912)

Join the Knights of Columbus in the Annual Hike/Mass Secretary: Terri Todd 777-5257 up to St. Mary’s Peak THIS Sunday, August 22nd Religious Ed: Vacant where Father Severson will celebrate Mass at the top in Grounds: Timothy Winegart 214-5028 . honor of The Assumption Choir Coordinator: We plan to gather at St. Mary's parking lot at 7:00 a.m. Bring

St. Mary’s Lisa Weber 907-570-6622 plenty of water, lunch, a Rosary, bug spray and sunscreen.

Also, keep an eye on weather reports, and be prepared for It is important to continue to support your parish through weekly contributions. change. The Knights of Columbus will be serving a BBQ Your Good Stewardship & Support is following the hike, at the St. Mary’s Family center. For more information, call Tom Weber 207-0229 or Essential to Keeping Our Parish operating. Tony Severson 880-3791. If you are vulnerable and unable to attend Sunday Mass “Please continue to mail your donation ” COLLECTION - Weekend of Aug. 15th

Regular Offertory $ 5965.83 PLEASE PRAY FOR Assumption 335.00 All our parish families and friends and Bldg & Maintenance 77.00 their intentions. Retire the Debt 58.00 Mass Intention 70.00 IN MEMORIAM Greg Stueckrath Stipend 100.00 Dean Vance, Dora Gonzalez, JoAnn Catalano,

TOTAL $ 6,605.83 Mike Dunn, Ray Tracy, Jerry Tischler, Anne Tschida, Ed Cummings, Jason Everette, Douglas Round, Kathryn Fraisier, Tom Swisher Al Blair, Diane Stanich, Charles Wilson, Michael Ralls, Don Scott

You are welcome to write prayers of petition and thanksgiving in the Parish Book of Prayer at the entrance of the church. PRAY FOR OUR SEMINARIANS SACRAMENTAL INFORMATION

Infant Baptism: Parents must be registered & active members of our parish. If they are members of another parish, a letter of permission from their Pastor is required. We also require preparation for this Sacrament. Contact one of the priests before infant’s due date To arrange date and time for Dillon Deacon Matthew John the Baptism. Baptisms are normally celebrated at Mass.

Holy Matrimony: Couples discerning this sacrament should contact one of our priests immediately after becoming engaged. NOTE: a minimum of 6 months of preparation is required before the celebration of this sacrament. Couples wishing to marry in the parish must be registered and active Deacon Tyler Riley members of their parish. Couples from other parishes must obtain a letter of permission to marry outside of their own parish.

Anointing of the Sick: Anyone who has been diagnosed as terminally or gravely ill, is preparing for surgery, or has had Kaleb Brett Kyle their mental or physical health condition significantly change are encouraged to request this sacrament of healing. Call the PRAY FOR OUR PRIESTS parish office or one of the parish priests to schedule the celebration of this sacrament. O Jesus, we pray for your faithful and fervent priests, your unfaithful and lukewarm priests, your priests laboring at home or Adult Confirmation, Adult Baptism (RCIA), and Adult abroad in distant missions, your tempted priests, your lonely and Reception into Full Communion with the Church: If you, desolate priests, and the souls of your priests in purgatory. We a family member, or a friend has not received the sacrament of pray for your priests in special need of spiritual, emotional, or Confirmation, or are interested in being baptized, or received physical healing, for priests who have left the Church and for the into full communion with the Church, please contact the souls of the priests who will die today. Pastor. An appropriate preparation process will be discerned But above all, I recommend to you the priests dearest to us: the on an individual basis. priests who baptized us, the priests who absolve us from our sins, the priests at whose Masses we assist and who give us your Body and Blood in Holy Communion, the priests who teach and ST. MARY’S MINISTRY SCHEDULE instruct us, all the priests to whom we are indebted in any other

way. O Jesus, keep Fr. David Severson close to your heart, and

bless him abundantly in time and eternity. Amen Saturday, Aug 21 _ _ _ 5:00pm Lector: Jean Comer

ST. JOSEPH’S SCHEDULE Sunday, Aug 22 _ _ _11:00am Lector: Lucia Wright ** There will be NO Sunday Mass at St. Joseph’s in Florence until further notice. Saturday, Aug 28 _ _ _ 5:00pm Lector: Terri Rose Pray the Rosary at 6pm Wednesday’s at St. Joseph’s. Sunday, Aug 29 _ _ _11:00am

Lector: Dave Weber Saint Bartholomew lived in the first century AD and was one of the

Saturday, Sept 4 _ _ _ 5:00pm Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. He was introduced to Jesus Christ Lector: Juli McLain through Saint Philip and is also known as "Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee," notably in John's Gospel. After receiving the Holy Spirit on Sunday, Sept 5 _ _ _11:00am Pentecost, Bartholomew traveled to foreign lands to share the Good Lector: Jean Beaulieu News about Jesus with others. He founded Christian communities in parts of India and the countries we now call Armenia and Turkey. Although he always spoke the truth about Jesus, some people did not believe him, and he died as a martyr. Saint Bartholomew is credited with many miracles related to the weight of objects. He was martyred in Ar- menia, being either decapitated or skinned alive. The Church honors Bartholomew as a saint, and he is the patron of butchers.